SECOND PLACE WINNER - Editorial: Photo Essay / Story (PROFESSIONAL)
Iron Train
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The Iron Train is one of the longest train in the world, the train is about 2.5 km. A journey that goes from Nouadhibouh to Zouerate, totaling 652 km in the middle of the Sahara desert that lasts about 20 hours. An epic journey where residents, poor and penniless use dangerous train to visit relatives in the homeland or carrying goods such as live animals. High temperatures during the day and very low temperatures during the night makes the journey is not easy. But the worst is the dust that is produced by wagons full of iron minerals that come from a mine 30km Zouarate to be unloaded cargo boats in the port of Nouadhibouh.
Daniel Rodrigues became a professional photographer after the passage by the Portuguese Institute of Photography (2010). His career started in the portuguese Global Imagens agency, responsible for photographs in newspapers as Jornal de Notícias, Diário de Notícias and O Jogo.
He is an award winning photographer who in 2013 won a first place in the World Press Photo, Daily Life category, and in 2015 a third place as Photographer of the Year in POYi, among many other awards.
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Die Welt and among others, are where he already has published photos.
Daniel is currently based in Portugal. He works as a freelance photographer all around the world
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The Iron Train is one of the longest train in the world, the train is about 2.5 km. A journey that goes from Nouadhibouh to Zouerate, totaling 652 km in the middle of the Sahara desert that lasts about 20 hours. An epic journey where residents, poor and penniless use dangerous train to visit relatives in the homeland or carrying goods such as live animals. High temperatures during the day and very low temperatures during the night makes the journey is not easy. But the worst is the dust that is produced by wagons full of iron minerals that come from a mine 30km Zouarate to be unloaded cargo boats in the port of Nouadhibouh.
About author:
ortuguese born in Compiègne, France, in 1987, Daniel lives in Portugal, near Porto, since he is 10 years old.Daniel Rodrigues became a professional photographer after the passage by the Portuguese Institute of Photography (2010). His career started in the portuguese Global Imagens agency, responsible for photographs in newspapers as Jornal de Notícias, Diário de Notícias and O Jogo.
He is an award winning photographer who in 2013 won a first place in the World Press Photo, Daily Life category, and in 2015 a third place as Photographer of the Year in POYi, among many other awards.
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Die Welt and among others, are where he already has published photos.
Daniel is currently based in Portugal. He works as a freelance photographer all around the world
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